Los Angeles daily herald., 1887-08-28
DAILY HERALD.
THE SCHOOL BOOKS.
Ssme Excerpts From the Law On
the subject.

enquiry on the part OF teacners anu
parents on the subject of the State
school books. The gentlemen en-
closes the following circular there
upon, which is published for the in
formation of the public who are in
terested in the matter:
STATE OF CALIFORNIA,
DEp'T. OF PUBLIC INSTRUCTION,
SACRAMENTO, April 5, 1887.
State series of textbooks Who may
order them; How to order them
Prices fixed by the State Board OF
Education, April l, 1887.
EXTRACTS FROM LAW.
Approved March Is, 1887
SECTION 6. All orders for text
books shall be made on the Super
intendent of Public Instruction, and
shall be accompanied by cash, in pay
ment for the same, at the price fixed
by the State Board of Education as
the cost price at Sacramento; pro-
vided, that if the books are to be
shipped by mail, the cost of postage
shall also accompany the order. The
following persons shall be entitled to
order books:
az. County Superintendents of
Schools. for the use of teachers, par
onts and pupils in their counties only.
"2. Principals of State Normal
Schools, for their own and for the use
of the pupils in their respective schools
only.
a3. The Secretary or Clerk of any
school district in the State, whether
incorporated or operating under the
State, for the pupils in such district
only; but no books ordered by the
County Superintendents, or Clerks of
district Boards of Trustees, or Princi-
pals of State Normal Schools shall be
sold at price exceeding the cost price
at Sacramento, with the actual cost of
freight and carriage added.
"a. Any retail dealer who shall first
transmit to the State Superintendent
Of Public instruction an affidavit duly
subscribed by him in substance as fol-
lows, to-wit:
"In consideration of receiving for
sale. upon the enclosed, or upon any
future order, the series of school text
books, or any party thereof, pub
lished by the State of California, /
hereby agree that 1 will not sell the
same to any persons for the purpose
of being sold again, or to any person
or persons beyond the limits of the
State of California, and that will not
sell said series of text books, or any
part or portion thereof, at a price ex-
ceeding the price to the pupil fixed by
the State Board of Education"
Said affidavit shall be endorsed by
the County Superintendent in the fol-
lowing words, viz.
81 hereby certify that CA. b. is
regular retail dealer in school books
in this county. G. d.,
County Superintendent"
IIt shall be the duty OF the State
Superintendent of Public instruction
to furnish, at once, to each County
Superintendent, for the use of any
: dealer in his county who may apply
for permission to sell the books of the
State series, printed copies of the
above affidavit, together with the list
of prices of such books fixed as the
cost price at Sacramento, and also the
price to the pupil, and any dealer who
.skail fail to comply with the condi-
tiOns of such affidavit shall forfeit his
right to any further purchase of said
books from the State"
At meeting of the State Board of
Education, held June 4, 1887, the Ad-
vanced Arithmetic of the California
Series of School Text Books was form
ally adopted and ordered to be used in
the schools of the State, in accord
ance with section five (5) of "An Act
to provide for compiling, illustrating,
electrotyping, printing, binding, copy
righting and distributing a State Sc
ries of school textbooks, and appro-
priating money therefor" approved
February 26, 1885, which section reads
rs follows:
"SECTIoN 5. Whenever any one or
more of the State series of school
textbooks shall have been compiled
and adopted, the State Board of Edu-
caticn shall issue an order requiring
the uniform use of said book or books
in the common schools of the State
but said order for the uniform use OF
said book or books shall not take
effect till the expiration of least one
year from the time of the completion
of the electrotype plates of said book
or books. Nothing in this act shall
be construed to prevent any county or
school district from adopting any one
or more of the State series of school
textbooks whenever said book or
books shall have been published.
The price was fixed for said Ad-
vanced Arithmetic, in the City of Sac
ramento, at thirty (30) cents.
The price was fixed by mail postage
prepaid). at thirty-eight (3S) cents.
The price through retail dealers is
not to exceed thirty-fve (35) cents.
PRICES OF BOOKS HERETOFORE ISSUED.
(Fixed April 1st, 1877
First Reader, cost price at Sacra-
mento. l5 cents; by mail, 20 cents
price to the pupil from retail dealer,
20 cents.
Second Reader, cost price at Sacra-
mento, 80 cents; by mail, 80 cents
price to the pupil from retail dealer,
So cents.
Third Reader, cost price at Sacra-
mento, 40 cents; by mail, so cents;
price to the pupil from retail dealer.
50 cents.
Speller, cost price at Sacramento,
70 cents; by mail, 26 cents; price to
the pupil from retail dealer, 25 cents.
- Cash must accompany all
orders.
HOW TO ORDER BOOKS.
When ordering books shipped by
mail, send to this office the price Of
the books. together with the exact
amount of postage.
When ordering books shipped by
freight or express, send to this office
only the exact price of books ordered.